RESILIENCE: New Interactive NYC Stormwater Exposure Scenarios

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hurricane Ida Mutual Aid and Relief Resources

USL Launches Interactive NYC Stormwater Exposure Scenarios and Data Visualization Tool

In May 2021, the NYC Mayor's Office released the first ever citywide Stormwater Resiliency Plan, which includes an analysis of flooding caused by extreme rainfall events across the 5 boroughs. As part of this effort, the USL has launched stormwater.nyc a 3D data visualization mapping platform that integrates publicly available data on stormwater resiliency in NYC. The USL’s Dataviz team recently added new exposure scenarios maps, which we hope will provide a multi-hazard risk decision-support tool to improve resiliency prioritization.

USL Research on Urban Flooding and Heat Featured in Multiple Press Outlets

Urban Flood Risk and Stormwater Resiliency

The Lab’s work with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Resiliency on improving stormwater resiliency is featured in an article from the MIT Technology Review, “How Ida dodged NYC’s flood defenses”.

In the article, “New flood maps are coming. They won’t look pretty” featured in NY1, USL’s Timon McPhearson discusses the complexity of resilience planning in NYC and the Lab’s work to understand the impact of pluvial flooding on those most vulnerable across the metro region.

The USL’s Timon McPhearson is featured in a Crains New York article, “New York’s sewage system can’t handle extreme weather,” discussing the vulnerability of the NYC sewer system and urgent need for flood resilience in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ida.

Heat Risk and Social Vulnerability

The USL’s Timon McPhearson is featured in a NY Times article, “Why an East Harlem Street Is 31 Degrees Hotter Than Central Park West” examining the disproportionate impact of extreme heat on Black and brown neighborhoods in NYC and the need consider multiple dimensions of risk/vulnerability in order to map inequality.

The USL’s work on mapping and quantifying the multiple impacts of extreme heat in NYC is featured in a new article from E&E News, “Heat kills. This underfunded program could help”.

The USL's Luis Ortiz and Timon McPhearson are featured in a Science Friday episode in a segment called “NYC’s Trees: A Natural Defense Against Heat, But Not Equally Shared.”

Resilient Urban Futures Book Launch

September 22, 2021 | 5pm - 6:30pm EST | FREE!

Join us for a roundtable discussion and launch of Resilient Urban Futures, a new book exploring the ways in which cities are profoundly impacted by climate change, and strategies for cultivating more resilient futures. Speakers include: Zoé A. Hamstead, David M. Iwaniec, Timon McPhearson, Marta Berbés-Blázquez, and Elizabeth M. Cook.

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PUBLICATIONS

Pablo Herreros-Cantis and Timon McPhearson are co-authors of “Examining ecological justice within the social-ecological-technological system of New York City, USA” in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning led by MelissaPineda-Pinto, Niki Frantzeskaki, Jing Wang and Weiqi Zhou.
Timon McPhearson is co-author of “A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience” in the journal Climate and Development, led by Mark Pelling.
Katinka Wijsman is co-author of “Operationalizing resilience: co-creating a framework to monitor hard, natural, and nature-based shoreline features in New York State”, in Ecology and Society.
USL’s Claudia Tomateo is author of “Indigenous land systems and emerging of Green Infrastructure planning in the Peruvian coastal desert: tensions and opportunities” in the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.
Timon McPhearson is a co-author of “Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York City”, in the Journal of Extreme Events led by Nora Kyrkjebo and Adam Parris.

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